Artists

During our seven-year existence, VBB has worked with more than 250 artists—as performers, visual artists, workshop facilitators, panelists and community partners. Some of the artists we’ve worked with are listed below.

 “I am involved with VBB because it provides a creative outlet for the youth in Houston by giving them a forum to present their expertise in verse, prose, and the performing arts and channels their energy in a worthwhile way. The committee is lively and their dedication is infectious.”
Bapsi Sidhwa, author of four novels including Cracking India and Water

As'ad AbuKhalil, Omar Afra, Anila Agha, Fatima Ahmed, Ambreen Ali, Tariq Ali, Paula Anicete, Shahidul Alam, DJ Antonio, Alia Arasoughly, Elia Arce, Hitaji Aziz, Jennifer Cendana Armas, Martin Armenta, Jim Arnold, Anthony Arnove, Cedric Ary, Antaeus Austin, Jesus Avila, Carlos Aviles, Jabari Aziz, Kool B, Gertrude Barnstone, Jacqueline Battise, Chelsea Beauchamp, Ayelet Bechar, Anita Wadhwa, David Benson, Susan Bernstein, Jasmina Besic, Lise Bjorne, Blackout Artists Collective, Carmella Blackwell, Ramon Bloomberg, Nemata Blyden, Marlo Blue, Soldier Blue, Bluebeard, Vaughan Boone, Duane Bradley, Fernando Brave, Nicole Brogden, David Brown, David A. Brown, Marie Brown, Robyn Browning, Herman Brumley, Debi Bryant, Laura Burns, Jorge Canales, Marvin Caravantes, Lilian Care, Jazmin Cavazos, Margarita Castillo, Michelle Chen, Brandon Chizer, Kim Cotton, Jane Creighton, Diana Cook, Lucha Corpi, Sarah Cortez, Juan Cuellar, Cherien Dabis, Ahlam Daraghmeh, Ashley Davis, Robin Davidson, Mark Dean, Deconstruction Crew, Isaias Degollado, Marisa Demaya, Marcela Descalzi, Francine Di, Tony Diaz, Rashida Dohad, Mark Doty, David Dove, Zeina Durra, Ada Edwards, E-Quality, Anida Rouquiyah Yoeu Esguerra, Sandra Marisa Estevez, Irma Estrada, Connie Falcon, Fast4ward, Renee 'chickpea' Feltz, Icess Fernández, Elle Flanders, Laura Flanders, Fly Dance Company, Christa Forster, Anthony Francis, Edgar Fuentes, Osunbunmi Gaidi, Wilfredo Galeano Juan Garcia, Donna Garrett, Shannon Garth-Rhodes, Anthony Garza, Eliza Garza, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Leslie Gauna, Allen Gee, Yvona Gerych, Rhea Ghosh, Flor Giron, John Gonzalez, Maria Elena Gonzalez, Kathy Goodwin, David Graeve, DJ Gracie, Evelio Grillo, Grupo de N'Golo, Grupo Cafu Capoiera, Vanessa De Guia, Suheir Hammad, Allison Hammons, Hank Hancock, Tico Hannan, Heidi Hardt, Laura Harrison, Melanie Harrison, Azza el-Hassan, Aaron Hermes, Eric Hester, Paul Hester, Leslie Hewitt, Arie Hidalgo, Audrey Hogrobrooks , K.B. Hollingsworth, Susan Howard, hyroglifx koncepts, Baba Ifalde, Chuck Jackson, IBDAA, Jason Jackson, Nafisa Jaffer, Brandi Matthews-James, Pat Jasper, Jawad, Lance Johnson, Fady Joudah, Kayumanngi, Rana Kazkaz, Charlotte Kennedy, Nancy Kern, Danny Kerschen, Tex Kerschen, Valerie Kinloch, Irena Klepfisz, Autumn Knight, Rathna Kumar, Erika Lawson, Barbara LeBanks, David Lejeune, Bethany Leon, Julie Levy, Rich Levy, Graciela Limón, Carl Lindhal, Mark Lopez, Ray Lopez, Alicia Lyles, Fletcher Mackey, LIna Makboul, Ussama Makdisi, Nusrat Malik, Raj Mankad, Ruben Marquez, Maya Marshall, Dionicio Martinez, Rubén Martínez, Rashid Masharawi, Debra Matthes, Michael Mcguire, MECA Mariachi, Mohit Mehta, Sami Mesarwi, Vivek Mittel, Carolina Monsivais, Lani T. Montreal, Andrew Monzon, Moremi, Farnoosh Moshiri, Maia Mccoy, Dodie Meeks, Mock Run, Lynnsey Morrison, Manning Matputzi-Mott, Marcell Murphy, Sarah Namulondo, Maniza Naqvi, Nicole Nelson, Chris Nevarez, Nicki Newman, Nierka, Kathy Nguyen, Kripa Nidhi, Naomi Shihab Nye, Luna Nueva, Christine Olejniczak, Lyric Osiris, Radames Ortiz, PAKcast and Nasir Aziz, Sunni Patterson, Shaista Parveen, Linda Pena, Michael Peranteau, Kris Peterson, John Pluecker, Project Row Houses Youth Drummers, Asad Qureshi, Michelle Rainford, Denise Ramos, Ahmed Rashid, Garry Reece, Shannon Garth-Rhodes, Emmy Rincon, Adelle Rodriguez, John Edward Ross, Arundhati Roy, Matt Radune, Monica Parle, Monica Pena, Tonya Pennie, Donna Perkins, Raj Pickens, Kevin Pina, Anthony Ritchie Piniones, Daniel Quinones, Kristi Rae, Michele Rainford, Ahmed Rashid, DJ Rhyme, Brian Riggenbach, Corisha Rogers, Andrea R. Roberts, Cheryl Rubenstein, Andrew Sandavol, Larisa Sansour, Beena Sarwar, Sehba Sarwar, Khefren Savannah, Beth Secor, Aradhana Seth, Kokoy Severino, Jacsun Shah, Sonia Shah, Varsha Shah, Shaka, Bapsi Sidhwa, Nida Sinnokrot, Loueva Emily Sketch, Smith, Addie Socki, Solomon, Gina Sonderegger, Oskar Sonnen, Stephen Soto, Sue Sun, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston, Farhana Swati, Avery Taylor, Jawwaad Taylor, Sandra Tarlin, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Jack Thomas, Lorenzo Thomas, Two Star Symphony, Jennifer Udden, The Ugly Spirits, UME, Jiny Ung, Brenda Valdivia, Yesenia Vega, Latha Vishwnathan, Anita Wadhwa, Kangsen Feka Wakai, Precious Williams, David Wilson, Michael Woodson, Daina Worsham, Sixto Wagan, DJ Witnes, Diana Wolfe, Hahleemah Wright, Alex Wukman, Yuli Yang, June Unjoo Yang, Kayte Young, Youth Advocates, Pablo Gimenez Zapiola, Nicole Zaza, Howard Zinn, Sobhi Zobaidi